The University of Hanover is one of the major technically oriented universities in Germany. It is government funded and offers 130 degree courses in over 70 subjects for the 24000 students. The Institute for Meteorology and Climatology is the only institute within the state of Lower Saxony with a full study program in meteorology and with focus on applied meteorology. The team of Prof. Hauf performs research in the field of traffic and aviation meteorology. It is the only university research group in Germany that investigates the impact of weather on aviation. The team operates a unique lightning detection system for cloud-toground and intra-cloud flashes. To observe and document icing events it furthermore has installed an ice detector and a recording system onboard of the DLR's Falcon research aircraft (DLR). Research also includes studies on runway drying, on efficiency of winter operations at airports, and on in-flight icing forecasts.

Within the FLYSAFE project the University of Hanover leads the meteorological work-package 2.1 on weather impact and the development of an icing weather information management system (ICE-WIMS). To the latter, it will contribute with an icing diagnosis and warning system ADWICE, which was developed in recent years together with the research organisation DLR and the German Weather Service. Furthermore, experience and know-how in the detection of intra-cloud lightning will be used for thunderstorm warning (CB-WIMS).

The intentions and expectations are:
(i) to extend the weather impact research to aircraft safety and perform it on a European level,
(ii) to apply the developed tools and methods to improve aviation hazard forecast,
(iii) to gain experience for on-board weather provision.